I just wanted to say hello to everyone as i used to be on here a while back but i was having problems with the dieting i just couldnt get into the swing of it and then i was diagonosed with PCOS ( Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) which needed sorting out first before i worried about dieting again.

Well anyway i have now been to see my doctor who is gonna over see my weight loss which is gonna be a great help for me. She wants me to :

Take a 20 minute walk 3 times a week for exercise
Eat Healthy , fruit and veg most important
Subsitute crisps with Rice Cakes ( snack-a-jacks) and try to have like 1 to 2 packs a week.
Get a hobby or find something to do to take mind off eating.
Low-fat Diet

I am really not sure if this is gonna work but i guess i have to try , thing is she wants me to do a low fat diet and after looking online i think that consists of vegetables, fruit, white meat ,fish , rice , potatoes and pasta, yougurts is there anything thing else i can eat.

Hello again! You make it sound so boring! You need good fats - I wouldn't advocate a "low fat" diet. But this seems to be in vogue!

You can eat lean pork, and extra lean beef - make your own healthy burgers! Also eggs, omega 3 eggs are very healthy and give you some good fat. When making omlettes make with 1 whole egg and one white or more, to cut down on the fat.

We have a recipe thread here, for exciting dishes that are high protein and low fat.

I hate snack a jacks as well. Rice cakes are fairly tasteless and nutritionally useless - I always wondered why they weren't particularly filling but it turns out they are high GI which explains everything.

Teresa - have a think about eating a calorie controlled low GI diet with some healthy fats included. Don't go too low on calories, especially at the beginning - if you get too hungry you'll make some bad food choices and then feel like you've failed.

Most people - but not everyone - finds it easiest to eat 5 to 7 smaller meals a day rather than having three big meals - its so that your blood sugars stay stable all during the day. It all depends on your lifestyle - if you have to fit in with a family evening meal then its probably better if you have a reasonably sized evening meal with three or four snacks during the day and another one during the evening.

I can't really praise low GI enough - the food is interesting and tasty and, unless I try skipping a meal, I can honestly say I haven't felt hungry.

I agree with Frus about the home made burgers... the search for The Perfect Burger is turning in to a bit of an obsession with me. The best so far has been turkey mince, seasoned with a little crumbled up blue cheese, red onion and thyme in it. They are almost as quick to make as opening a packet.

thank you all for your suggestions i will take them all on board , and the GI diet sounds really good but at the moment im just gonna stick with what the dr has told me till i go back in 2 weeks and if what im doing aint working then i will find out about other alternitives no point in saving a sinking ship when i can switch to something else before i get into a routine. with me i think its gonna be trial and error til we find the right course of action , but i defintly will lose it cos its really important that i lose as much as i can by novmber.